Reply of the President
of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Mr. Slobodan
Miloevic, to the Message of the Co-Chairmen of
the Rambouillet Meeting, Ministers of France and of
Great Britain, Messrs Hubert Vedrine and Robin Cook

Gentlemen Ministers,

This is my reply to the message you have sent
me.

The talks in Paris, which you called adjourned,
did not take place at all. The delegation of the Government of
the Republic of Serbia and the representatives of the Albanian
separatist and terrorist movement never met to talk.

As concerns the signed "Agreement",
two documents were signed in Paris.

One of the documents was signed by the
representatives of all national communities from Kosovo, and
these are the [real -TENC]representatives of Kosovo. The other document was
signed by the representatives of the Albanian separatist and
terrorist movement, and they, of course, are not the
representatives of Kosovo.

That other document, which you call the
Rambouillet Agreement, however, is not the Rambouillet Agreement.
For both in Ramouillet, and in Paris, the people who came to
negotiate, did not negotiate. There were no talks between them,
therefore there could be no common document to be accepted or
rejected.

Otherwise, the text you call the Rambouillet
Agreement, was published in the Kosovo press (the Albanian paper
"Koha Ditore") before the start of the Rambouilet talks.

Belgrade is tolerant, but not stupid. Thanks to
the stupidity of someone else, the document which should have
been the result of the talks which were still to take place, was
published.

Of course, we have nothing against preparing a
draft document before the start of the talks. But we are strongly
against not having talks at all, and being asked to sign
something which could eventually be a draft agreement as an
agreement, never meeting those with whom we should have agreed.

Therefore, my reply to your sentence "the
agreement is on the table", is the following: Only a draft
agreement could be at the table. But an empty table does not
bring about an agreement. Nor can an agreement be reached only if
one side of the table is filled. Those concerned with the
agreement must sit at the table.

Regarding your threats with NATO military
intervention, your peoples should be ashamed of them, for you
prepare yourselves to use force against a small European nation,
just because it protects its territory from separatism, protects
its citizens from terrorism, and its historical dignity against
rats who know nothing about history or dignity.

You say that large movements of our security
forces are a matter of great concern. If you think they are a
matter of concern for the separatists who would like to take away
a part of the territory of Serbia and Yugoslavia, they, of
course, should be concerned. If you have in mind some possible
aggressors outside Yugoslavia, this should be a matter of concern
for them, too.

Is it really possible for a normal person to
think that somebody who is being threatened will not show the
intention to defend himself?

You are, Gentlemen, Ministers of Foreign
Affairs of two European countries, and as such are distinguished
diplomats. In such a capacity, you have the right to mediate, to
negotiate, to advocate goodwill, to strive for peace in Europe,
for better relations among nations. But you do not have the right
to threaten other countries and other citizens, nor to arrange
life in other countries.

We stay with our strong opinion to solve the
problems in Kosovo and Metohija by peaceful means, through
negotiations. The fact that negotiations did not take place in
Rambouillet and in Paris does not mean that we should give up
negotiations. At least from our peaceful and democratic
standpoint.

- Slobodan Miloevic

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